PPI of clay construction products excluding refractories 2017

* The year 1982 was used as the base year (1982 = 100).
This index, more formally known as the special commodity grouping index for construction materials, covers materials incorporated as integral part of a building or normally installed during construction and not readily removable.

Excludes consumer durables such as kitchen ranges, refrigerators, etc.
This index is not the same as the stage-of-processing index of intermediate materials and components for construction. .
The values for 1990, 1995, 2000, 2006, 2007 and 2008 are taken from previous editions of the Statistical Abstract of the United States.